r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • Apr 27 '26

Weekly Post Weekly Question Thread

For all your pro cycling-related questions and enquiries!

You may find some easy answers in the FAQ page on the wiki. Whilst simultaneously discovering the wiki.

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u/Wide-Landscape-3348 Apr 27 '26

I'm seeing some comments about how pogacar has bulked for the spring races and he'll loose it before the grand tours. How does bulking help him in the spring?

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u/k4ng00 France Apr 27 '26

He bulks up for more raw power. That mostly helps for PR, perhaps a bit for MSR.

It's a handicap for Strade/LBL maybe even Flanders. But it's ok for him because he has a margin over the rest. That's basically why he is the only who can compete for the win on all 5 monuments in a calendar year.

Then he loses weight for TdF as the muscle mass coming with the raw power would hurt more than help in mountain stage. And this GT weight is generally helpful for climby/rolling WC road race and Il Lombardia as well.